Tag Archives: Asch

Post Of The Week – Saturday 10th July 2021

July 10, 2021 · by · in Biopsychology, Depression, Early Social Development, Memory, Neuroscience, Social Influence · Leave a comment

1) Fragile Rationalism To Collective Resilience These two concepts are discussed in this paper by Stephen Reicher and Linda Bauld about the response to the pandemic of the UK government. They are interesting for us because the idea of fragile rationalism seems to me to owe its origins to the work of Asch, Milgram and […]

Post Of The Week – Saturday 25th January, 2020

January 25, 2020 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Biopsychology, Cognition And Development, Depression, Eating Behaviour, Memory, Neuroscience, Obedience, Social Influence, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Science Of Evil This is essential listening for us in relation to the Social Psychology we do. It places the work of Asch, Milgram and Moscovici as well as some other psychologists in its social context and specifically cultural context. It does so in a critical and informed way which adds to our understanding […]

Post Of The Week – Saturday 14th December 2019

December 14, 2019 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Biopsychology, Cognition And Development, Early Social Development, Eating Behaviour, Neuroscience, Obedience, Social Influence, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Altruism We used to study this as part of the A Level course. Here’s a radio programme about two major thinkers in this area, George Price and Joan Roughgarden.   2) Are babies capable of making moral decisions? This video from PBS explores this idea. It’s a development of the work on infants’ understanding […]

Post Of The Week – Sunday 14th April 2019

April 14, 2019 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Attitudes To Mental Illness, Depression, Memory, Nature - Nurture, Social Influence, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Sci Show On Genetic Testing Here’s Hank with an overview of genetic testing, showing what genetic testing can and cannot tell us.   2) Precise brain stimulation boosts memory This news story from the BBC explains research which has used brain stimulation to boost working memory. The effects are short lived but surprising.   […]

Post Of The Week – Tuesday 27th December 2016

December 27, 2016 · by · in Biopsychology, Cognition And Development, Depression, Early Social Development, Eating Behaviour, Memory, Obedience, Research Methods, Social Influence · Leave a comment

1) The Predictive Power Of Attachment Is Overrated That is the claim of this article. At a time when attachment is being promoted as a way of understanding later difficulties, the article questions what we know about the influence of attachment. The article makes some important points. People tend to confuse insecure attachment with no […]

AS Social Influence – Understanding Independent Behaviour

March 5, 2014 · by · in Social Influence, Uncategorized · Leave a comment

To introduce this sub-topic, watch this extract from Panorama. It concerns some deserters from the Syrian army. I’ll try to explain in the lesson something about the conflict in Syria. If you want to know more, follow this link to the BBC website. There are three questions we can ask based on the psychology of […]

AS Social Influence: Conformity, Asch’s Study And Riots

February 24, 2014 · by · in Uncategorized · 4 Comments

Firstly, remind yourself of the key features of Asch’s study. You can watch a reconstruction of the original 1951 study here.  You can also listen to Peter Smith talking about his work with Rod Bond on conformity across cultures here. If you want to hear more about the ethics of Asch’s study, you can listen […]